Coventry City have confirmed the deal - believed to be worth #1.5 million - is due to go ahead but they are waiting for the Spanish Primera Liga club to sort out the finer details of the payment.

In the meantime, the striker is sorting out his personal affairs and preparing for the move abroad.

?Everything is done in terms of the agreed deal and John is down there at the moment,? said chairman Bryan Richardson. ?We can?t do anything until we receive the last financial guarantees from the bank to cover the payments, but hopefully they will be with us soon and he can be released.?

The deal will give the Sky Blues some much-needed cash to use in the transfer market.

Manager Gordon Strachan is looking for a goal-scoring midfielder, left winger and a striker but may not be able to add to the coffers through the sale of striker Jairo Martinez.

Richardson revealed that Martinez could end up going on loan to Lucerne rather than being sold. A transfer fee of #500,000 had earlier been mentioned. The Honduran is currently in Switzerland having a look at the club after cutting short his part in City?s pre-season tour in Ireland.

?He has just gone over to have a look,? said the chairman. ?There has been no firm commitment made or anything and it is just an opportunity for him to get first team football. It may even be that he ends up going there on loan.?